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IJESRT
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES & RESEARCH
TECHNOLOGY
COLOUR CONTROL IN SHEET-FED OFFSET PRINTING PRESSES USING
MELLOW COLOUR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(A Case Study Of Manohar Filaments Private Limited, Sonipat)
Mr. Nishan Singh*1, Mr.Sandeep Boora2 & Mr. Amit Singh3
*1
Asst. Professor,Somany Institute of Technology and Management, Rewari, Haryana
2
Research Scholar, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana
3
M. Tech., Somany Institute of Technology and Management, Rewari, Haryana

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.834481

ABSTRACT
Colour management consists of a range of technologies which help in correct rendering, correct conversion,
correct production and correct interpretation of the colour. A wide range of colour management systems already
have been introduced and Mellow colour is one of the latest of them. Sheet-fed offset is production based
industry in which the product has to be matched with standards using colour management software to check the
deviations and to optimize the production quality. Five print jobs were taken into study and aim of this paper is
to find various facilities and methods using which the production is matched with the standards using Mellow
Colour management system.

KEYWORDS: ColourManagement, Mellow, Colour standard, Solid ink density, Dot gain, Colour difference
(∆E).

I. INTRODUCTION
In digital imaging systems, color management is the controlled conversion between the color representations of
various devices, such as image scanners, digital cameras, monitors, TV screens, film printers, computer printers,
offset presses, and corresponding media.Printing colours need to be standardized for consistency and long run
customer satisfaction. One way to achieve this is to follow colour management practices from any standardised
agency. Mello colour is very recent colour management solution for printers to achieve target value colours.To
describe the behaviour of various output devices, they must be compared (measured) in relation to a standard
color space. Often a step called linearization is performed first, to undo the effect of gamma correction that was
done to get the most out of limited 8-bit color paths. Instruments used for measuring device colors include
colorimeters and spectrophotometers.Mellow & GMI allows us to print according to Industry set standards with
consistency.Before starting the print process we will be evaluating the printing machine according to standards
and if found any variation the same can be adjusted using the RIP process
1) Print the sample job with Color bar for measuring of printing condition while printing use the
Densitometer for Density measurement With Densitometer measure the TVI value Also measure the
Lab value using spectro-densitometer and run the Job as per industry standard values and try to achieve
Delta value below 2 Measure minimum 5 sheet and average the value for better results
2) Measure the color bar with spectrophotometer and evaluate the values against standards Refer the chart
for Industry standard values for Ink Lab values TVI (Dot Gain) values
3) If variation were found in TVI then generate the RIP curve using the above software tools and feed the
correction data in RIP software and reproduce the Printing plates Measure the printed plate using IC
Plate instrument to evaluate the effectiveness of RIP curve
4) Print the sample Job with corrected TVI Curve and measure the color bar

Mellow software allow the printed job to evaluate based on screening method and the considered points were
Primary & Secondary color Lab Values
1) TVI Data
2) Gray Balance
3) Overprint for color trapping

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4) Substrate Lab Value as per paper type standards
5) Paper Brightness

As per industry set standard above 80% scoring is considered as job is approved as per printing standard.

II. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

The objective of this paper is to control the colour quality of printing through Mellow colour management
system in sheet-fed offset process on avarieties of printing jobs.

III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The whole study has been with the utilization of color quality control Mellow to improve sheet-fed offset to
print the jobs with consistency and predictability and color quality along with the cost, efficiency,
consumption of various printing substrate used in sheet-fed offset presses

The following methodology will be adopted during the study.

1. Study of different colour standards used in sheet-fed offset printing process available in Mellow.
2. Study of the colour control methods on various printing substrate used in sheet-fed offset work along with
the cost, efficiency, consumption and predictability.
3. Different jobs of the " Sheet-fed Offset Presses” during project work consuming moderate amount of
printing substrate will be selected and the study of colour quality control was conducted on each selected
job.

The respective jobs were printed with the colour control strips generated with the help of Mellow colour and
measured with i1basic pro instrument available in the press. The automatic report was generated with the help
of Print Spec software.

IV. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

Table.1. Data of Printing on Coated Paper with Mellow Submission at Manohar Filaments Offset Printing Press, Sonipat
for the Month of March, 2017
Sr. Name of Jobs Dates Substrate Substrate Qty. of MELLOW
No Used Brightness Sheets Standard
1. TESCO FnF HOME 4 PAGE 03/03/2017 350 86% 14,500 92%
SWING TAG ARTCARD
5054548608087 C2S
2. TESCO FnF HOME 4 PAGE 04/03/2017 350 87% 17,200 96%
SWING TAG ARTCARD
5054548636684 C2S
3 TESCO FnF HOME 4 PAGE 07/03/2017 350 87% 23,765 94%
SWING TAG ARTCARD
5054548636721 C2S
4. TESCO FnF HOME 4 PAGE 09/03/2017 350 87% 28,503 96%
SWING TAG ARTCARD
5054548640568 C2S
5 TESCO FnF HOME 4 PAGE 13/03/2017 350 87% 13,202 94%
SWING TAG ARTCARD
5054548636707 C2S
6 TESCO FnF HOME 4 PAGE 15/03/2017 350 87% 12,200 92%
SWING TAG ARTCARD
5054548636707 C2S
7 TESCO FnF HOME 4 PAGE 21/03/2017 350 87% 8000 96%
SWING TAG ARTCARD
5054548636608 C2S
8 TESCO STICKER M10809 23/03/207 350 87% 16,300 92%
ARTCARD
C2S

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9 TESCO TRIANGLE CARD 23/03/2017 350 87% 45,200 66% (FAIL)
ARTCARD
C2S
10 TESCO_3JOBS 23/03/2017 350 86% 35,790 98%
ARTCARD
C2S
11 TESCO_STICKER M10825 23/03/2017 350 87% 9000 86%
ARTCARD
C2S

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V. RESULT AND DISCUSSIONS
Following are the list of suggestion incorporated in printing section on sheet fed offset machine after
consultation with various press authorities. These points will vary according to machine and press setup along
with type of job.
1) Printing Inks should not be wide gamut
2) Inks should be free from XRF (heavy components)
3) Paper substrate & Ink should be used as per GMI & MELLOW standard to meet excellent results
4) Paper brightness should be as per standard
5) Colour standards should be updated or upgraded with latest standards or technology to achieve
excellent colour quality submission results.

VI. CONCLUSION
1. Mellow gives advanced colour control facilities like automatic measuring colour control bars, patches
and solid colours.
2. Mellow proves to be one of the best tools for auto generated quality control reports available in the
market.
3. Depending upon press quality results as analysed by different job types it can be concluded that the
colours can be standardized upto 98 % using Mellow colour solutions.
4. Mellow can act as a single solution provider for all quality control parameters like solid ink density, dot
gain, print contrast, hue error, greyness etc.
5. Self-generated reports of quality can very easily examine the faults in printing and finally can easily be
corrected by printers.

VII. REFERENCES
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[6] Apparatus for carrying out the comprehensive quality control of printed sheets By- Arno Wuhrl,
OdedZingher
[7] Method for color adjustment and control in a printing press By- Neil Doherty
[8] Adaptive color control system and method for regulating ink utilizing a gain parameter and sensitivity
adapter By- Steven J. Lachajewski
[9] Video based color sensing device for a printing press control system By- Xinxin Wang, Robert
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